National Labor Relations Board

With President Obama’s appointees filling all five seats at the NLRB, the betting odds prohibitively favor a decision that will abandon the historic test for joint employers in favor of a test that sweeps most outsourcing arrangements into joint employment.

The NLRB members were appointed between “pro forma” sessions that took place on Tuesdays and Fridays during the holiday recess of 2012. Despite the fact that the appointments took place during that recess, the fact that sessions were being conducted brought into questions whether or not it was truly a...

Ruth E. Burdick has been appointed deputy assistant general counsel in the National Labor Relations Board’s Division of Enforcement Litigation’s Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation Branch. The branch litigates cases involving enforcement and review of the NLRB’s orders in the U.S. Courts of Appeals, and, working closely with the U.S....

It is critical that employers have strong policies in place to effectively set expectations between themselves and their employees. Properly setting expectations is almost as important as the policy itself.

With more high profile cases expected to be decided before the Court concludes its term this June, now is a critical time for employers to take notice of the far reaching implications these decisions will have on the American workplace.

In a practice area with as much individuality as labor and employment law, the voices of law firms inject the kind of color, insight and expertise that provide inside counsel and other legal professionals with a cornerstone of true understanding.